{"id":180,"date":"2004-01-31T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-31T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/2004\/01\/31\/nihongo-a-five-act-class\/"},"modified":"2004-01-31T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2004-01-31T14:33:00","slug":"nihongo-a-five-act-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/2004\/01\/31\/nihongo-a-five-act-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Nihongo: A Five-Act Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

AcostaSensei
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NihongoNoSensei
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Gakusei1
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Gakusei2
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Gakusei3
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Gakusei4
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Gakusei5<\/em><\/p>\n

Act I<\/strong>
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(About thirty people sitting in front of their professor, correcting a quiz.)<\/em><\/p>\n

NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> “Niku.” (Calls a name, marker in hand.) Douzo.
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Gakusei1:<\/strong> (Writes.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> “Hajimemashite.” Laura San. Douzo.
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AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Writes.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> “Inu.” (Calls another name.)
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AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Wonders if the degree of difficulty was a mere coincidence.)<\/p>\n

Act II<\/strong>
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(Next day.)<\/em><\/p>\n

NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (calls a name.)
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Gakusei2:<\/strong> Hai.
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (points at AcostaSensei) Kono kata wa donata desuka?
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Gakusei2:<\/strong> (Looks at AcostaSensei) Wakarimasen.
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (still pointing) Kono kata wa Laura San desu!
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Gakusei2:<\/strong> Ah.
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> What do you say?
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Gakusei2:<\/strong> Hajimemashite.
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> Laura San?
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AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Fumbling.) Hajimemashite. Douzo yoroshiku. (hopes this does not happen again.)<\/p>\n

Act III<\/strong>
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(A few minutes later.)<\/em><\/p>\n

NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> Ok, now open your book and read #4. (Reads a name from the list.)
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(Nobody answers.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (Reads another name.)
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(Silence.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (Reads yet another name.)
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(Silence.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (leaves the list on the desk and pretends he’s searching around the class.) Laura San! Yonde kudasai.
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AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Pretends to giggle and reads, hoping this is the last time.)<\/p>\n

Act IV<\/strong>
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(A few minutes later.)<\/em><\/p>\n

NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> Now we’re going to play a memory game. You name a word and its meaning, and the next person has to say that word and meaning plus one of their own. (Calls a name.)
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Gakusei3:<\/strong> (Answers.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (Calls another name.)
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Gakusei4:<\/strong> (Answers.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> Laura San!
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AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Can’t believe it. It’s the third time.) Nande…? (Answers.)<\/p>\n

Act V<\/strong>
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(Next day.)<\/em><\/p>\n

AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Thinks three times in one class were enough.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> Now we’re going to read the dialogue between Satou San, Yamada San, and Mira– San. Mira– San must be Miller, but in Japanese he’s Mira–. (Calls a name.)
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Gakusei5:<\/strong> (Reads very slowly.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> (Corrects a mistake.)
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Gakusei5:<\/strong> (Stops.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> You didn’t finish.
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Gakusei5:<\/strong> (Finishes.)
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NihongoNoSensei:<\/strong> Ok. Laura San! Yonde kudasai.
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AcostaSensei:<\/strong> (Reads, resigned to the fact that this will be her life for the next four months.)<\/p>\n

The End.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AcostaSensei NihongoNoSensei Gakusei1 Gakusei2 Gakusei3 Gakusei4 Gakusei5 Act I (About thirty people sitting in front of their professor, correcting a quiz.) NihongoNoSensei: “Niku.” (Calls a name, marker in hand.) Douzo. Gakusei1: (Writes.) NihongoNoSensei: “Hajimemashite.” Laura San. Douzo. AcostaSensei: (Writes.) NihongoNoSensei: “Inu.” (Calls another name.) AcostaSensei: (Wonders if the degree of difficulty was a mere coincidence.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olaviakite.com\/maianebula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}